diff --git a/doc/man/man1/sacct.1 b/doc/man/man1/sacct.1
index 7e5a8d5f4bd3193444d41ac88c39c654a8ee6f27..48d045a4d29c450cde83461d5881d6b5f44a96f3 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/sacct.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/sacct.1
@@ -874,31 +874,31 @@ on the command line.
 .fi
 .RE
 .PP
-This example demonstrates the use of the -T (--truncate) option when
-used with -S (--starttime) and -E (--endtime). When the -T option is
+This example demonstrates the use of the \-T (\-\-truncate) option when
+used with \-S (\-\-starttime) and \-E (\-\-endtime). When the \-T option is
 used, the start time of the job will be the specified
--S value if the job was started before the specified time, otherwise
-the time will be the job's start time. The end time will be the specified -E
+\-S value if the job was started before the specified time, otherwise
+the time will be the job's start time. The end time will be the specified \-E
 option if the job ends after the specifed time, otherwise it will be
 the jobs end time.
 .RS
 .PP
 .nf
 .ft 3
-# sacct -T -S2014-07-03-11:50 -E2014-07-03-12:00 -ojobid,jobname,user,start,end,state
+# sacct \-T \-S2014\-07\-03\-11:50 \-E2014\-07\-03\-12:00 \-ojobid,jobname,user,start,end,state
     JobID    JobName     User                 Start         		End		State
 \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-
-2         job_sc2    nyee     2014-07-03T11:50:00   2014-07-03T11:59:01   COMPLETED
-3         job_sc3    nyee     2014-07-03T11:50:00   2014-07-03T12:00:00   RUNNING
-4         job_sc4    nyee     2014-07-03T11:50:00   2014-07-03T11:45:21   COMPLETED
-5         job_sc5    nyee     2014-07-03T11:51:01   2014-07-03T12:00:00   PENDING
+2         job_sc2    nyee     2014\-07\-03T11:50:00   2014\-07\-03T11:59:01   COMPLETED
+3         job_sc3    nyee     2014\-07\-03T11:50:00   2014\-07\-03T12:00:00   RUNNING
+4         job_sc4    nyee     2014\-07\-03T11:50:00   2014\-07\-03T11:45:21   COMPLETED
+5         job_sc5    nyee     2014\-07\-03T11:51:01   2014\-07\-03T12:00:00   PENDING
 
 .ft 1
 .fi
 .RE
 .PP
-This example demonstrates the the use of -S (--starttime) and -E
-(--endtime) without the use of the -T option. When the -T (--truncate)
+This example demonstrates the the use of \-S (\-\-starttime) and \-E
+(\-\-endtime) without the use of the \-T option. When the \-T (\-\-truncate)
 option is not specified the output of sacct will be all the jobs that ran
 between the specified start time and the specified end time, but the
 time displayed by sacct will be the start time and end time of the job.
@@ -906,13 +906,13 @@ time displayed by sacct will be the start time and end time of the job.
 .PP
 .nf
 .ft 3
-# sacct -S2014-07-03-11:50 -E2014-07-03-12:00 -ojobid,jobname,user,start,end,state
+# sacct \-S2014\-07\-03\-11:50 \-E2014\-07\-03\-12:00 \-ojobid,jobname,user,start,end,state
     JobID    JobName     User                 Start         		End		State
 \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-
-2         job_sc2    nyee     2014-07-03T11:33:16   2014-07-03T11:59:01   COMPLETED
-3         job_sc3    nyee     2014-07-03T11:35:21   Unknown               RUNNING
-4         job_sc4    nyee     2014-07-03T11:35:21   2014-07-03T11:45:21   COMPLETED
-5         job_sc5    nyee     2014-07-03T11:41:01   Unknown               PENDING
+2         job_sc2    nyee     2014\-07\-03T11:33:16   2014\-07\-03T11:59:01   COMPLETED
+3         job_sc3    nyee     2014\-07\-03T11:35:21   Unknown               RUNNING
+4         job_sc4    nyee     2014\-07\-03T11:35:21   2014\-07\-03T11:45:21   COMPLETED
+5         job_sc5    nyee     2014\-07\-03T11:41:01   Unknown               PENDING
 
 
 .ft 1